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In Memoriam (winter 2006)
Robert A. Stein '61, a retired English professor and James Joyce scholar, died Sept. 18, 2005.
Professor Stein was born in New York City, the son of German Jewish refugees who fled the Holocaust. After graduating from Clark, he earned a master's degree and Ph.D. at Brandeis University. Professor Stein then began a long and distinguished teaching career, first as a lecturer at the University of Michigan and then as a faculty member at Lowell State Teachers College in Lowell, Mass.
Professor Stein was the first chair of the English Department at Lowell State College (later the University of Massachusetts at Lowell). He taught there for the rest of his career. Professor Stein's scholarship focused on the life and literature of James Joyce, but he also published scholarly articles on works by Charles Dickens and D.H. Lawrence.
After his retirement in 2000, Professor Stein continued to pursue his passion for learning. He directed and participated in study groups at the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement. He also wrote poetry and essays that were published in Northwest Review and other literary journals.
Stanley Sultan, Professor Emeritus of English, recalls, “Shortly after my arrival at Clark, a tall, lanky undergraduate called on me and announced his intention to write a senior honors paper on James Joyce. By the time he completed his first-rate essay the following spring, Bob Stein and I had become life-long personal friends as well as professional colleagues.”
Professor Stein is survived by his former wife of 24 years, Dona Luongo Stein '60, M.A. '69, their son Benjamin, their daughter-in-law Martha, two grandchildren, Jacob and Casey, and his sister, Irene Stein '65. Dona remembers meeting Professor Stein in Karl Anderson's Shakespeare class, “when Quonset huts were on campus and most classes met in Jonas Clark Hall.” Both shared an enthusiasm for Sultan's Joyce class and worked together on Clark's literary magazine. Professor Stein is also survived by his widow Leslie Wheeler and their son Nicholas.
Clark remembers Professor Nelson
Professor Donald Nelson, a chemistry and biochemistry faculty member at Clark since 1975, died Aug. 29, 2005. The Clark community gathered in Razzo Hall at the Traina Center for the Arts on Sept. 15 for a special memorial service celebrating the life of Professor Nelson. President John Bassett, Professor Nelson's wife Shirley Nelson, and chemistry professors Mark Turnbull and David Thurlow spoke at the service. Colleagues, students and friends also shared their memories of Professor Nelson at the event.
Professor Nelson earned his B.S. in agricultural research at Rutgers University and completed his Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He spent time as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Pharmacology at Stanford University and in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Virginia before becoming an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Clark.
One of the founders of the Biochemistry and Biomolecular Biology Program at Clark, Professor Nelson rose quickly to the rank of full professor in 1987. He was most recently awarded the University's prestigious Andrea B. and Peter D. Klein Distinguished Professorship in 2004. Professor Nelson also held an appointment as an adjunct professor of biochemistry and molecular pharmacology at the University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. He was the author of more than 70 papers in the field of physical biochemistry with his most recent work being in the area of calcium binding proteins and on the mode of action of the anthrax toxin. His current research used computer simulation to characterize structure and dynamics in biomolecules. He had received more than $1 million in grants in support of his research and of programs at Clark.
Professor Nelson taught a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses at Clark, including Introductory Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, the History of Science, Biochemistry, Biophysical Chemistry and Protein Chemistry. He was known for mentoring students and giving undergraduates the opportunity to participate in his research. Professor Nelson will be best remembered at Clark as an adviser to a large number of B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. students whom he managed to infuse with his love of science and research and with his dedication to teaching and learning.
A memorial fund has been established in Professor Nelson's honor to support undergraduate research. Prospective donors should contact Jeremy Hastings at jhastings@clarku.edu.
Robert B. Carlisle '50
Robert B. Carlisle '50, John Stebbins Lee Professor of History Emeritus at St. Lawrence University, died Dec. 1.
Professor Carlisle was born in Worcester, Mass., in 1928. After graduating from Clark, he earned his Ph.D. at Cornell University and also studied at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, as a Cornell-Glasgow Exchange Fellow, and the Institute d'Etudes Politiques in Paris as a Fulbright Scholar. Professor Carlisle joined the faculty at St. Lawrence University in 1958, after teaching at Boston University. He founded St. Lawrence's first international studies program, in Rouen, France, and taught in the first year of the program.
Professor Carlisle led a long and distinguished career as a teacher and scholar at St. Lawrence. In 1988, his book "The Proffered Crown: Saint-Simonianism and the Doctrine of Hope" was published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. He was also the author of the book "The Saint-Simonians and the Foundation of the Paris-Lyon Railroad," published in 1957, and a number of articles. He retired from St. Lawrence in 1991, after 33 years of service there.
Following his retirement, Professor Carlisle moved to Massachusetts and was actively involved in a variety of projects in the Boston area, including a position as a docent with the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University and as a guide for Boston by Foot, a nonprofit organization devoted to architectural and historical tours of Boston. For the last two years, he had been a resident of Brookhaven at Lexington, where he continued to pursue is love of art, music and the French language.
Alan Hamburger '63
Alan Hamburger '63 died Aug. 1, 2005. Mr. Hamburger leaves his wife Harriet (Jacobson) '63, his daughter Jennifer Walker and his three adored granddaughters, Peri, Mackenzie and Jillian.
Nelson Hill '49
Nelson Hill '49, Norfolk, Mass., died Jan. 13, 2005. He was the husband of the late Jeanne (Day) Hill '50. Mr. Hill retired as budget director for Northeastern University of Boston, where he had worked for 25 years. He is survived by two sons, Nelson Hill, Jr. of Cape Town, South Africa, and Craig Hill of Norfolk; a daughter Sarah Graves of Pinehurst, N.C.; and five grandchildren.
Deaths:
The following members of the Clark family have passed away. If you wish to contact any of the families, please call or write to the Alumni Office.
Ethel Arventos '85, Bradenton, Fla., Oct. 19, 2005.
Myron Baskin M.A. '42, Ph.D. '49, Lake Ridge, Va., Oct. 14, 2005.
Robert Carlisle '50, Lexington, Mass., Dec. 1, 2005. (See obituary online.)
Sheila Donoghue '49, Worcester, Mass., Aug. 25, 2005.
Jane (Evers) Felczan '60, Canton, Ohio, Oct. 7, 2005.
Jon Goold '75, Thiells, N.Y., Oct. 8, 2005.
Frank Gopen, Brookline, Mass., Oct. 6, 2005.
Edward Goss '51, Vero Beach, Fla., June 25, 2005.
Gilbert Haberman '49, Boca Raton, Fla., Oct. 7, 2005.
John Halloran '52, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Oct. 4, 2005.
Alan Hamburger '63, New York, N.Y., Aug. 1, 2005. (See obituary online.)
Nelson Hill '49, Norfolk, Mass., Jan. 13, 2005. (See obituary online.)
Leon Hovesepian '65, West Boylston, Mass., November, 2005.
Eleanor Jackson, Westborough, Mass., Oct. 7, 2005.
Susan Magnan, Gardner, Mass., Oct. 10, 2005.
Leo Mann '53, Fort Myers, Fla., Sept. 3, 2005.
Francis McGee '73, Millbury, Mass., Oct. 26, 2005.
Dale Rockwell '59, Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 10, 2005.
Barbara Saydam M.A. '63, Greenville, R.I., Oct. 18, 2005.
Charles Schepart '73, La Cresenta, Calif., Oct. 18, 2005.
Robert Stein '61, Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 18, 2005. (See In Memoriam.)
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